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De Prony brake

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De Prony brake

Summary

De Prony brake is a measuring instrument[1]. It draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (measuring_instrument category, ranking #18 of 45).[2]

Key Facts

  • De Prony brake is credited with the discovery of Gaspard de Prony[3].
  • De Prony brake's image is recorded as Prony brake.svg[4].
  • De Prony brake's instance of is recorded as measuring instrument[5].
  • De Prony brake's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1821-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • De Prony brake's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bvk34[7].
  • De Prony brake's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Prony-brake[8].
  • De Prony brake's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 203649940[9].

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Works and Contributions

De Prony brake is credited with the discovery of Gaspard de Prony[3].

Why It Matters

De Prony brake draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (measuring_instrument category, ranking #18 of 45).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). De Prony brake. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/de-prony-brake
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_de-prony-brake_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{De Prony brake}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/de-prony-brake}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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